- #1 2064: Read Only Memories
97% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,682 reviews2015
Dev: MidBoss, LLC.Pub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco. Team up with Turing, the world's first sapient machine, to unravel a conspiracy that threatens to shake an entire society
Why similar: Noir 14.7%, Cyberpunk 13%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%, Dialogue Heavy 8.1%, Comic Book 7.9%
- #2 Neo Cab
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,901 reviews2019
Dev: Chance AgencyPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A visual novel about emotional survival in an automated world. Play as Lina, the last human cab driver. It’s your first night driving the lonely streets of Los Ojos, and your best friend has just disappeared. Stay on the road. Stay on the search. Stay human.
Why similar: Noir 13.4%, Cyberpunk 11.9%, Dialogue Heavy 8.2%, Interactive Fiction 7.6%, Comic Book 7.6%
- #3 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
96% matchVery Positive92% of 2,977 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Why similar: Noir 21.8%, Cyberpunk 17.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #4 Whispers of a Machine
95% matchVery Positive93% of 2,021 reviews2019
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 23.2%, Noir 19.5%, Point & Click 18.3%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #5 The Red Strings Club
94% matchVery Positive93% of 14,320 reviews2018
Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 43.5%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Story Rich 10.9%, Point & Click 9.9%, Visual Novel 7.3%
- #6 Beyond a Steel Sky
94% matchVery Positive88% of 1,669 reviews2020
Dev: Revolution Software Ltd
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From multi-award winning Revolution comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, a groundbreaking 3D adventure thriller, set in an AI-driven future. Subvert the world, hack the systems and solve dark conspiracies to uncover the devastating truth.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 31.4%, Point & Click 18.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Futuristic 9.8%
- #7 Au Revoir
93% matchVery Positive95% of 130 reviews2025
Dev: Invisible StudioPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Play as Tristan and solve puzzles to recover human consciousnesses in the year 2071. Investigate environments, uncover secrets, and make choices that affect the ending. Explore a neon-noir world with a low poly aesthetic inspired by the 90s.
Why similar: Noir 25%, Cyberpunk 20.8%, Point & Click 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Sci-fi 6.7%
- #8 VirtuaVerse
92% matchVery Positive82% of 1,116 reviews2020
Dev: Theta DivisionPub: Blood Music
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
VirtuaVerse is a challenging old school cyberpunk point & click adventure set in a future not so far away narrating tales of technomancers, AVR graffiti writers, hacker groups, tribes of cryptoshamans, digital archeology, epic cyberwars and virtual reality debauchery.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 38.6%, Point & Click 20%, Futuristic 10.6%, Sci-fi 8.5%, Story Rich 8%
- #9 NORCO
91% matchVery Positive92% of 3,267 reviews2022
Dev: Geography of RobotsPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.
Why similar: Noir 44.7%, Point & Click 23.6%, Story Rich 12.4%, Atmospheric 10.5%, 2D 3.7%
- #10 Gemini Rue
91% matchVery Positive88% of 1,892 reviews2011
Dev: Joshua NuernbergerPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.
Why similar: Noir 32.4%, Cyberpunk 25.3%, Point & Click 20.5%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Story Rich 4.5%
- #11 Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
90% matchVery Positive94% of 256 reviews2021
Dev: James PattonPub: Clockwork Bird
Windows · Mac · Linux
It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?
Why similar: Cyberpunk 20.3%, Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Emotional 8.2%
- #12 Technobabylon
89% matchVery Positive94% of 1,637 reviews2015
Dev: Technocrat GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 46%, Point & Click 27.2%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Story Rich 6.7%, Adventure 5.3%
- #13 Tails Noir
89% matchMixed67% of 3,488 reviews2021
Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Tails Noir is a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Why similar: Noir 22%, Narrative 16.4% ★, Dialogue Heavy 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Point & Click 10.3%
- #14 Subsurface Circular
88% matchVery Positive94% of 1,941 reviews2017
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
Why similar: Noir 21.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.2%, Cyberpunk 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #15 Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
86% matchVery Positive91% of 2,726 reviews2025
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 19.8%, Narrative 17.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #16 Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,386 reviews2025
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
Why similar: Noir 35.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Point & Click 18.7%, Story Rich 8.8%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #17 NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy
87% matchVery Positive81% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Dream Harvest
Windows
You are Arc, a city management AI. Designed to manage a city-wide AR metaverse known as the NeuroNet. Meet its many users, build relationships and help or hinder their lives while trying to balance the wider needs of the city. Find your humanity in a world losing theirs to technology.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 19.4%, Dialogue Heavy 17%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Futuristic 9.2%
- #18 Friendsim 2
86% matchVery Positive89% of 107 reviews2022
Dev: Studio June
Windows · Mac
In this episodic visual novel, follow the adventures of MSPA Reader as they return to Alternia once more to save their friends... and realize that nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Cyberpunk 14.1%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #19 Minds Beneath Us
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,428 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 25.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Point & Click 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #20 AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative
84% matchVery Positive86% of 3,791 reviews2022
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Special Agents Mizuki and Ryuki, along with their AI partners Aiba and Tama, are tasked to solve the bizarre Half Body serial killings in this sequel to the critically acclaimed AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES.
Why similar: Noir 29.6%, Visual Novel 17%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Futuristic 11.9%, Sci-fi 10.6%
- #21 FORECLOSED
84% matchMixed67% of 144 reviews2021
Dev: Antab StudioPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
FORECLOSED is a narrative-driven action-adventure set in a Cyberpunk world filled with action, suspense, and experimental augmentations. Follow the story of Evan Kapnos in this sleek comic book styled game as he unravels the conspiracy behind his identity foreclosure. Who is responsible and why?
Why similar: Noir 23.3%, Comic Book 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Futuristic 12%, Sci-fi 8.8%
- #22 Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
81% matchVery Positive93% of 5,705 reviews2025
Dev: Aluba Van+Pub: Spiral Up Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Discover a digital realm shrouded in mystery. Sequel to an award-winning narrative driven hacking simulator puzzle game. Play as an AI assistant in a major corporation. Deploy intricate social engineering tactics and expose hidden truths in a world of ambition and high-tech deception.
Why similar: Point & Click 37.1%, Choices Matter 21.9%, Story Rich 19.1%, Atmospheric 16.2%, 2D 4.5%
- #23 Neon Hearts City
82% matchVery Positive84% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Cosmic VoidPub: Dionous Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Cyberpunk 24%, Point & Click 21.8%, Story Rich 9.2%, Adventure 4.8%
- #24 DIVINATION
83% matchVery Positive89% of 210 reviews2019
Dev: Mojiken
Windows · Mac
"What if you're born into this world without your permission?" DIVINATION is a very short visual novel where you act as a fortune teller in a futuristic world. Talk and listen to people's stories, then foresee their future using the runes they had drawn.
Why similar: Noir 21.4%, Cyberpunk 19.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Visual Novel 10%, Point & Click 9.7%
- #25 Coffee Talk Tokyo
79% matchVery Positive90% of 556 reviews2026
Dev: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Coffee Talk Tokyo is the newest entry in the beloved series, set in a late-night café in Tokyo. Brew drinks, meet humans and yōkai, and experience heartfelt stories in a cozy, story-rich world.
Why similar: Narrative 16.3% ★, Dialogue Heavy 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #26 Blake: The Visual Novel
80% matchVery Positive91% of 64 reviews2021
Dev: Ori MeesPub: LegendOri Productions
Windows · Mac
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
Why similar: Noir 22.1%, Comic Book 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #27 VIDEOVERSE
77% matchVery Positive95% of 253 reviews2023
Dev: Kinmoku
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
Why similar: Narrative 25.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Emotional 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #28 Save My Scrap
76% matchVery Positive100% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: Unio AnouPub: AMATA Games
Windows
"They mean everything to me. Please, make them whole again." An interactive visual novel puzzle game. By fixing the broken android, you may uncover the truth about your client's past.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 20%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Point & Click 15.9%, Emotional 8%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #29 Panthalassa
75% matchVery Positive98% of 114 reviews2026
Dev: Meia Calça
Windows
Panthalassa is a Point and click Puzzle game set in an underwater alien world. You play as an AI reborn in a highly advanced body they do not recognize. Interface with otherworldly technology and unlock the secrets behind this strange planet.
Why similar: Point & Click 28.5%, Visual Novel 24.9%, Story Rich 15.8%, Stylized 13.6%, Sci-fi 12.8%
- #30 Road 96: Mile 0
78% matchMixed68% of 2,154 reviews2023
Dev: Digixart
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The prequel to Road 96. Play Zoe and Kaito where it all started. Change their destinies!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 16.1%, Narrative 13.3% ★, Visual Novel 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #31 Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel
81% matchMixed53% of 222 reviews2016
Dev: HarotobiraPub: Sometimes You
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Feel the mysterious world of Molds and the City where the sun never sets. Look for clues, make decisions and follow your own path in the Cyber City 2157.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 37.1%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Adventure 11%, Stylized 8.8%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #32 Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
77% matchVery Positive92% of 1,557 reviews2021
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.
Why similar: Point & Click 24%, Narrative 18.1% ★, Emotional 17.5%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Story Rich 10.5%
- #33 Mind Diver
74% matchVery Positive95% of 383 reviews2025
Dev: Indoor SunglassesPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.
Why similar: Noir 35.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Emotional 14.6%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #34 Andromeda Six
75% matchVery Positive97% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Wanderlust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Andromeda Six is a sci-fi inspired visual novel, with romance elements and an immersive, choice based story. Take on the role of a lost Traveler and uncover the truth of your past. Fight for a future for both yourself, and those you grow close to throughout your journey.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 31.1%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #35 Dry Drowning
78% matchVery Positive81% of 518 reviews2019
Dev: Studio VPub: Leonardo Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.
Why similar: Noir 25.3%, Cyberpunk 18.3%, Futuristic 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #36 Bionic Heart 2
79% matchMixed57% of 54 reviews2014
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Sequel to the sci-fi visual novel Bionic Heart. The game is told from four different points of view: each character choice will change the outcome of the story.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 23.6%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Futuristic 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
- #37 Tails Noir Preludes
73% matchVery Positive91% of 309 reviews2023
Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.8%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Narrative 12.6% ★, Emotional 11.9%
- #38 RGB GlitchGazer
71% matchVery Positive96% of 97 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Emotional 16.9%, Futuristic 12.4%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #39 Tron: Identity
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 293 reviews2023
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Noir 28.2%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Sci-fi 10.1%
- #40 Tangle Tower
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,826 reviews2019
Dev: SFB Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?
Why similar: Noir 28.3%, Point & Click 19.7%, Dialogue Heavy 17.8%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Story Rich 8%
- #41 The Roottrees are Dead
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,219 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Trout Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
Why similar: Point & Click 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Noir 16.1%, Story Rich 13.2%, Atmospheric 11%
- #42 OMNIMUS
74% matchVery Positive87% of 55 reviews2019
Dev: Angry gamesPub: Total
Windows · Mac · Linux
Omnimus. Welcome to the future! A visual novel about a daring experiment.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Sci-fi 10.4%
- #43 Beacon Pines
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,519 reviews2022
Dev: Hiding SpotPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure set within a mysterious book. Sneak out late, make new friends, uncover hidden truths, and collect words that will change the course of fate!
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Emotional 19.3%, Point & Click 12.2%, Story Rich 11%
- #44 Chinatown Detective Agency
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 163 reviews2022
Dev: General Interactive Co.Pub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
Why similar: Noir 30.5%, Cyberpunk 23.4%, Point & Click 14.6%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #45 Gamedec - Definitive Edition
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,755 reviews2021
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 25.5%, Noir 25.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Choices Matter 10%
- #46 AI: The Somnium Files
70% matchVery Positive91% of 9,439 reviews2019
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.2%, Story Rich 14.3%, Anime 13.3%, Multiple Endings 12%, Sci-fi 10%
- #47 Retropolis 2: Never Say Goodbye
70% matchVery Positive92% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Peanut Button
Windows
Immerse yourself in the shadows, where danger lurks and every step leads you further to the edge of madness. Navigate the neon-lit streets as robo-detective Philip Log and search for Jenny Montage, the automated femme fatale, in this gritty post-apocalyptic saga.
Why similar: Noir 35.4%, Point & Click 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Stylized 10.1%, Sci-fi 9.9%
- #48 Puzzle Agent 2
72% matchVery Positive87% of 1,162 reviews2011
Dev: Telltale
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Agent Nelson Tethers just solved his biggest case yet. So why isn't he satisfied? Venture back to eerie Scoggins, Minnesota to solve the mystery of "the Hidden People" once and for all!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.4%, Point & Click 25.4%, Story Rich 12.5%, Stylized 11.4%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #49 Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 657 reviews2022
Dev: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Armed with your investigative skills and the tools of the Blade Runner trade, you'll be immersed in a world that lives and breathes around you with breakthrough lighting and visual effects. Your ability to survive will be put to the test in the richest game environment ever created.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 29.1%, Noir 22.1%, Point & Click 16.9%, Futuristic 9.8%, Dialogue Heavy 7.2%
- #50 ANONYMOUS;CODE
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 560 reviews2023
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hack Into God
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.3%, Choices Matter 17.3%, Anime 16.9%, Story Rich 14.4%, Adventure 11.3%
- #51 of the Devil
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,644 reviews2025
Dev: nth Circle Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.
Why similar: Noir 22.8%, Cyberpunk 18.7%, Comic Book 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #52 Coffee Talk
67% matchVery Positive95% of 12,615 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Emotional 10%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #53 Loading Story
68% matchVery Positive94% of 322 reviews2021
Dev: Potatodog
Windows
A short story about loading, I guess. Play as Memu@ as she explores the cyberpunk(ish) little town and interacts with its inhabitants.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 22.9%, Narrative 19.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, Sci-fi 6.5%
- #54 ANNO: Mutationem
68% matchVery Positive81% of 6,636 reviews2022
Dev: ThinkingStars
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
ANNO: Mutationem is an action-adventure game with RPG elements set in a cyberpunk world, featuring a unique mix of pixelated 2D & 3D graphic style with a rich, dark and bizarre plot.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 43.7%, Futuristic 13.3%, Story Rich 9.9%, Stylized 9.5%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #55 Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,805 reviews2023
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Dust off your coffee machine and prepare your warmest smile to meet your customers again in the second episode of the much loved coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator; Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choices Matter 10%, Emotional 9.7%
- #56 Nobody Wants to Die
66% matchVery Positive83% of 7,520 reviews2024
Dev: Critical Hit GamesPub: PLAION
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective James Karra who risks it all in pursuit of a serial killer targeting the city’s elite.
Why similar: Noir 25.6%, Cyberpunk 20.4%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #57 Dreamfall Chapters
69% matchVery Positive82% of 4,535 reviews2017
Dev: Red Thread Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Final Cut is the ultimate collector's edition of Dreamfall Chapters, a story-driven 3D adventure about choice and consequence, set in parallel worlds: a cyberpunk vision of the future and a magical fantasy realm.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 27.3%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Point & Click 11.3%, Story Rich 11.3%, Emotional 9.7%
- #58 BatteryNote
64% matchVery Positive99% of 223 reviews2025
Dev: 72studioPub: room6
Windows · Mac
BatteryNote is a multi-ending sci-fi adventure visual novel game. You can recharge three robots with limited lifespans, bringing them back to life. Interact with them through conversations or experiment by applying high voltage. How they spend their final moments is entirely up to you.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.3%, Emotional 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11%, Sci-fi 9.3%
- #59 SIMULACRA 2
67% matchVery Positive86% of 1,691 reviews2020
Dev: Kaigan GamesPub: Soft Source
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.7%, Point & Click 19.4%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.6%